Insights from the Ambulatory & Incomplete SCI Forum
Discover insightful stories and strategies shared at the Ambulatory & Incomplete SCI Forum to help you navigate mental health, employment, sexual health and recreation with confidence.
Fuel Up
Nutrition researchers and a sport dietician weigh in on how to fuel your body for optimal health and performance.
PeerSAY: Top 10 Things I Wish My Doctor Understood About SCI
How much does your doctor know about SCI? If you’re like one of the peers we chatted with, chances are they don’t know enough (and that’s if you have a primary care doctor in the first place). When it comes to your health and wellness, you deserve a doctor who is trustworthy, a good listener, and knows a thing or two (and hopefully more) about SCI.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Managing Menstruation
Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, Nurse Practitioner, from the Access Clinic at BC Women’s Hospital shares what you need to know about managing your menstrual cycle.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Menopause
Have questions about menopause? Dr. Viet Vu gives the lowdown on SCI, menopause and aging well.
Matters of the Heart
A new study is underway to find out if there are differences between the male and female heart after spinal cord injury.
Goal-Getters
Build confidence and achieve your health-related goals with support from SCI BC’s new Peer Health Coaching Program.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Weight Loss
Dr. Ian Rigby serves up some weight loss strategies.
Raw Deal
A recently published research report lays bare, province by province, how our country’s universal health care program is failing people with SCI—and how the situation in BC is among the worst in Canada.
A Research-Ready Resolution for Pain?
Setting a physical activity New Year’s Resolution informed by research might lead to more than just better health, it might also reduce your pain.
Relax the Risk
New research confirms that fesoterodine improves urinary function and reduces incidence of autonomic dysreflexia.
Fee to Pee: Research Highlights Catheter Costs and Inequity
A combination of research, advocacy and growing public awareness is helping to build the momentum needed to change inequitable funding and health practices for urinary catheter supplies across Canada.